Your 30-Day Ginseng Reset: Dr. Jiang's Personal Protocol

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How to start. What to expect. And the closing chapter of a story that began with a girl named Anja.

“Every morning I take ginseng the same way I did in 2009 — not because I have to, but because I know exactly what it does. After more than fifteen years on this farm, I am more convinced of its value than ever.”

— Dr. Jiang

You have read the origin story. You have seen the science. You have met Anja and heard what her father said. You know how Marathon County’s glacial soils make our ginseng uniquely potent, and you know the essential safety profile and medication interactions to monitor.

Now the question is simple: how do you actually begin?

Here is what I do every single day — and why.

Dr. Jiang's Daily Protocol

• Form: 100% pure whole root powder capsules (500 mg each) prepared from our mature 5-year roots, combined with my daily whole-leaf tea blend. No chemically standardized solvent extracts — pure whole botanical root and leaf provide the full-spectrum matrix of ginsenosides, polysaccharides, and micronutrients.
• Capsule Routine: 4 capsules daily (2,000 mg total): two capsules in the morning before breakfast, and two capsules in the evening after dinner for digestive support and gut recovery. At 63 years old and 170 pounds, this 2-gram daily baseline delivers sustained cardiovascular stamina, cognitive clarity, and digestive balance without overstimulating the nervous system.
• Daytime Tea Ritual: Throughout the day, I drink a tea that bridges my origins with my farm: green tea harvested from the hills three miles from where I grew up in China, blended with our organic Wisconsin ginseng leaves and steeped in hot water for 5 minutes. Ginseng leaf brings high concentrations of ginsenosides (notably Rg1 and Re) that harmonize with the L-theanine and antioxidants in green tea to deliver clean, jitter-free focus.
• Evidence-Based Nutrient Pairings:
  • Compound Vitamin B with Vitamin C: In the morning to enhance ginsenoside absorption and optimize cellular ATP energy synthesis.
  • Vitamin D3 (2,000 IU daily, Oct–May): To counter the Wisconsin winter blues, sustain seasonal mood equilibrium, and reinforce immunity during low-sunlight months.
  • Zinc (15 mg): In autumn and winter for synergistic seasonal defense.

Your 30-Day Reset: What to Expect Week by Week

Which Form Is Right for You?

• Whole Root Slices: Ideal for slow-sipping teas and cooking broths, allowing gradual release of whole-herb bioactives.
• 100% Whole Root Capsules: The most consistent and convenient method for daily intake, especially while traveling.
• Pure Root Powder: Easily mixed into smoothies, warm water, or morning oatmeal.
• Ginseng Tea Bags: An accessible, gentle daily routine for maintenance.

What we grow: Marathon Ginseng Gardens offers 3-, 4-, 5-, and 7+-year cultivated roots. Our mature 5- and 7-year harvests are the exact roots I rely on every single day.

A Final Word: How I became Godfather to Anja

Since her release from the pediatric ICU in November 2022, Anja has been living at  home in Minnesota — studying, shopping with friends, visiting wildlife exhibits, and writing in the journal she kept through her hardest days.

At a special reception in December, 2023  held in Minneapolis in honor of Dr. Jiang, her step-father, Jeff, stood before a room of family and friends and said: “She proved the doctors wrong. Twice. And we are proud to have Dr. Jiang as her Godfather.”

That is why I farm.

Not for awards, not for media coverage, and not for accolades. I do this for the possibility that what grows in this glaciated Wisconsin soil might do for someone else what it did for Anja — what it did for me back in 2009, and what it did in August 2025 when it helped save my own 93-year-old mother from critical pneumonia and heart failure (a story for another occasion).

  That possibility makes every season worthwhile.

“May ginseng make America — and the world — Healthy, Happy, and Harmonious Again.”

— Dr. Ming Tao Jiang